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The problem with overruling immediately is that by doing so the overruler is making the assumption that they have really seen what they think they have. As in this case, we all know that is not always true. ("Fan's glove? What fan's glove.")
Let's say umpire A, whose call it is, makes a call. Umpire B sees something different. By that fact, umpire B has just gain some additional knowledge over umpire A. The additional knowledge he has gained is not who is right or wrong, but is that two trained officials have conflicting opinions. Umpire A obviously does not know that his partner disagrees with him.
However, umpire B does not have definitive knowledge that his perception is any better than umpire A's. If umpire B immediately overrules, he has then let it be known that even knowing additional facts beyound what umpire A knows, he is still too egotistical and stupid to do what is right.
In our umpiring association, we call them "guys that used to umpire with us."
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Dan
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